Potosi
Past Producer
6 De Agosto Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Lead
Zinc
Silver
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Commodities
Primary
Lead, Zinc, Silver
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Model
85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit size
S
Orebody form
PINCH AND SWELL
Materials
Ore minerals
Sphalerite
Gangue
Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rock
Shale,Sandstone
Structure
On W Flank Of An Anticline
Alteration
Silicification
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Discovery year
1850
Identification
Deposit ID
10006197
MRDS ID
BL20155
Region
SA
Data score
D
Coordinates
-21.94754, -65.49943
References
FONEM - PROYECTO NO. 299/82GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIACIMRI